The trenches
| Pass rush | sack rate | stopped behind the line | faces | sacks allowed | pairing |
|---|
| CLEM pass rush | 5.3% 15265th | 6.3% 284119th | faces VT | 4.8% 12465th | 5.1% ~1.7 sacks |
| VT pass rush | 9.5% 9514th | 13.5% 1719th | faces CLEM | 8.6% 117117th | 9.0% ~3.0 sacks |
sacks from CFBD play-by-play; college has no charted pressure, and these rates are not opponent-adjusted Measured on 7,926 team-games 2022–25: a college line's sacks-allowed rate carries +0.27 into its next game and a defence's sack rate only +0.10 — the line is most of this. The pairing predicts the game's sack rate +0.27, yards per dropback −0.16 and points added per play −0.15. Heaviest quarter of pairings against lightest: 7.8% vs 4.2% sack rate, 6.1 vs 7.2 yards per dropback.
VT with the ball
| VT offence vs CLEM defence | VT offence | CLEM defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | 0.24142nd | 0.01758th | +16 |
| success rate | 0.48436th | 0.41083rd | +47 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.20582nd | 1.18854th | -28 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.14960th | 0.203127th | +67 |
| rush: success rate | 0.50323rd | 0.492132nd | +109 |
| rush: explosiveness | 0.97169th | 0.88759th | -10 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.35746th | -0.05519th | -27 |
| pass: success rate | 0.47151st | 0.34424th | -27 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.47591st | 1.56373rd | -18 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.50457th | 0.43055th | -2 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.4279th | 0.368128th | +119 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.99488th | 3.459135th | +47 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.200103rd | 0.12912th | -91 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.75073rd | 0.72774th | +1 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 4.56735th | 2.34616th | -19 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.11125th | 0.16067th | +42 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.08976th | 0.07322nd | -54 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.0225th | 0.087125th | +120 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 66.400123rd | — | — |
CLEM with the ball
| CLEM offence vs VT defence | CLEM offence | VT defence | rank gap |
|---|
| points added per play | -0.027125th | -0.03038th | -87 |
| success rate | 0.342132nd | 0.33118th | -114 |
| explosiveness (points added on successful plays) | 1.17594th | 1.30999th | +5 |
| rush: points added per play | 0.09382nd | -0.14717th | -65 |
| rush: success rate | 0.368120th | 0.2696th | -114 |
| rush: explosiveness | 1.02049th | 1.306135th | +86 |
| pass: points added per play | 0.001124th | 0.14273rd | -51 |
| pass: success rate | 0.328131st | 0.39170th | -61 |
| pass: explosiveness | 1.400114th | 1.34019th | -95 |
| standard downs: success rate | 0.405129th | 0.41339th | -90 |
| passing downs: success rate | 0.228125th | 0.20412th | -113 |
| line yards per rush (the O-line) | 2.764114th | 0.9861st | -113 |
| rushes stopped at or behind the line | 0.211114th | 0.403138th | +24 |
| short-yardage conversion rate | 0.80035th | 0.57118th | -17 |
| points per trip inside the 40 | 3.095117th | 2.52219th | -98 |
| havoc allowed (TFL, forced fumbles, breakups per play) | 0.188127th | 0.267138th | +11 |
| havoc allowed by the front seven | 0.146136th | 0.220138th | +2 |
| havoc allowed by the secondary | 0.04239th | 0.04735th | -4 |
| average starting field position (yards from own goal) | 70.40071st | — | — |
Rank gap = the defence's FBS rank minus the offence's on the same measure: +60 means the offence ranks 60 places better than the defence it faces. Unit against unit only — college has no player charting to name a matchup by.